FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 18, 2001

CONTACT: Laurie Slothower
(916)734-9023
Pager: (916) 762-9855

Thomas Bui
Vietnamese Cancer Awareness,
Resource and Education Society
(916) 524-6044

MEDIA ADVISORY
CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, FREE SCREENINGS HIGHLIGHT VIETNAMESE WOMEN'S HEALTH CONFERENCE
TAKING PLACE 1 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 20

WHAT:

Vietnamese women have the highest rate of cervical cancer of any ethnic group -- five times higher than that of Caucasian women -- and among the lowest rates of screening for cervical and breast cancer. The Vietnamese Cancer Awareness, Resource and Education Society (VN CARES), an organization of Vietnamese medical students at UC Davis, has organized the first annual Vietnamese Women's Health Conference to bring attention to the health needs of Vietnamese women in Sacramento.

WHEN:

1 p.m. on Sunday, May 20.

WHERE:

The Charles A. Jones Learning Skills Center, 5451 Lemon Hill Avenue (corner of Lemon Hill and Stockton Boulevard) in Sacramento.

VISUAL OPPORTUNITIES:

• Performances by the Daon Sao Mai Choir of the Vietnamese Catholic Martyrs' Church in Sacramento.
• Vietnamese residents dressed in traditional clothing.
• Skin cancer and diabetic screenings.
• Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, presenting a state resolution honoring Vietnamese Women's Health Month.
• Speakers including James Goodnight, chair of the Department of Surgery at the UC Davis Medical Center; Hung Sy Ho, a surgeon at UC Davis Medical Center; and Angeline Diep Lam, a member of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society.

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